In late summer on many Western rivers, an insect hatch of great importance occurs that provides a lot of action for fly fishers. This hatch is the midge, a small, swarming cloud of trout protein that ...

Charlie Craven found an epiphany in a mistake. While tying a saltwater lure, a filament went astray, twisting itself around the hook. It looked almost exactly like a freshwater midge fly pupa. Craven, ...

Fishing has been hot! Right now the sweet times on the Roaring Fork and Fryingpan rivers is between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. — the bankers’ hours. There is no real need to get out there too early; let those ...

There’s no official fly-tying season, but if there was it would be in the depths of winter. The image of a fly tier hunched over their fly-tying vise on a cold winter’s night is about as romantic as ...